Adjusted bias-gage.



PATENTED- AUG. 22, 1905.

I W. 0. PAY,

ADJUSTED BIAS GAGE.

APPLICATION IILBD OUT 21 1904.

lVILLIAM C. FAY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ADJUSTED BIAS"-GAGE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed October 21, 1904. $erial1loz 229,457.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knowmthat I, WILLIAM C. FAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjusted BiasGages, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gages for the pur.

pose of cutting cloth on a bias, and has for its object to provide asimple gage which can be readily assembled for use or taken apart forthe purpose of shipment and when assembled will enable the user to cutgoods 011 a bias or cut strips of a predetermined width therefrom andwill provide means for holding the goods against slipping or stretchingduring the cutting operation.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange the gage that the cutswill be made at the proper angle and at a regular distance from oneanother; and the invention consists in the features of construction andcombi nation of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe gage as used; Fig. 2, a reverse view of the bevel-arm, and Fig. 3 across-sectional viewtaken through the transverse arm.

The gage consists of a bar a, having along its ruling edge a flange band provided at suitable intervals with a series of holes 0 for thepurpose of adjustment. At the end d the gage is beveled off and hassecured thereto a bevel-arm c, terminating in an attachingbar f,preferably formed at an angle of forty live degrees of the bevel-arm.The attaching-armis adapted to fit under the flanged bar and abutagainst the flange thereof and is secured in place by means of a singlestud g, terminating in a thumb-screw h, which enables the parts to bereadily removed for packing or other purpose. The gage is furtherprovided with a transverse arm 2', which is adapted to be adjusted toany one of the holes 0 and secured to the flanged bar by means of ascrew-threaded stud j and a thumb-nut 7c. The bevel-arm is provided withgraduations l and the transverse arm with graduations m, the graduationson the two arms being at a uniform transverse distance from the rulingedge of the flanged bar.

In use the gage is positioned upon a piece of cloth to have itsbevel-arm register with the straight edge of the cloth, and the flangedbar is then pressed down onto the cloth and the cut made by means of aknife or other suitable cutting instrument. The flange on the barimpinges sharply against the cloth and prevents the fibers thereof frombeing pulled or stretched during the cutting operation, which gives aclean straight out diago= nally across the fabric. In cutting strips ofcloth on the bias the gage is moved forward after making the initial outtill the edge of the fabric appears opposite a corresponding graduationon the two bars-as, for instance, Z-in which another cut is then madeand the gage moved forward as before until the requisite number ofstrips have been cut. The provision of two gages enables the cuts to beperfectly made and parallel with one another, and by moving the beveldiagonally along the straight edge of the fabric the proper angle ismaintained at all times. When it is desirable to take the gage apart forthe purpose of shipment or otherwise, the two arms can be easily removedtherefrom and the parts laid together in compact form.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the gage isextremely simple in construction and attractive in. appearance and atthe same time thoroughly reliable and usable by persons having little orno experience in the cutting of cloth.

It is obvious that instead'of making a series of cuts the gage can. beemployed in ruling a series of lines parallel with one another at equaldistances apart. The bevel-arm is arranged to maintain its proper angleat all times, and the only adjustment that is necessary will be theadjustment of the trans verse arm, which may be adjusted inwardly oroutwardly, depending upon the width of the fabric to be out.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bias-gage consisting of a ruling-bar, a bevel-arm secured to theruling-bar at its eX- treme inner end in a fixed relation, furnishing astraight edge for lining the gage as a whole, and an adjustabletransverse arm attached to the ruling-bar rearward of the bevel-arm,substantially as described.

2. A bias-gage consisting of a ruling-bar provided with a flange, abevel-arm at the forward end of the ruling-bar and fixedly secured inplace set at an acute angle to the ruling edge, and a transverse arm setat right angles thereto, the two arms being provided with correspondinggraduations, substanvtially as described.

3. A bias-gage consisting of a ruling-arm Erovided with a flange on itsruling edge, a evel-arm provided with an attaching-arm at an acute anglethereto, a thumb-screw for removably securing the bevel-arm t0 theruling-bar, and a second arm adjustably secured to the ruling-bar, both.of the arms being providedwith corresponding graduations, sub stantiallyas described.

WVILLIAM C. FAY.

Witnesses SAMUEL W. BANNING, THOMAS A. BANNING.

